2012 (Loudness album)

2012 (stylized 2･0･1･2) is the 25th studio album by the Japanese heavy metal band Loudness, released on August 22, 2012. "The Voice of Metal" is about and dedicated to the late Ronnie James Dio.^[1]

2･0･1･2
Studio album by Loudness
Released	August 22, 2012
Recorded	March 2012
Studio	Osaka School of Music, Freedom Studio, Tokyo, Japan
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	47:35 (Standard edition) 53:34 (Special edition)
Label	Tokuma Japan
Producer	Loudness, Masahiro Shinoki, Keiichi Horiuchi
Loudness chronology
Eve to Dawn (2011) 2･0･1･2 (2012) The Sun Will Rise Again (2014)

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Minoru Niihara, English lyrics co-written by Takashi Kanazawa; all music is composed by Akira Takasaki, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Stronger"	4:20
2.	"2012~End of the Age"	5:00
3.	"Break New Ground"	5:07
4.	"Driving Force"	4:55
5.	"Behind the Scene"	5:31
6.	"Bang'em Dead"	4:07
7.	"The Voice of Metal (Song for RJD)"	4:12
8.	"Who the Hell Cares"	5:40
9.	"Spirit from the East" (instrumental)	2:18
10.	"Memento Mori" (Masayoshi Yamashita)	4:38
11.	"Out of the Space" (Takasaki and Masatoshi Sakimoto, instrumental)	1:51

Special edition bonus CD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Deep-Six the Law"	5:59

Personnel

Loudness

• Minoru Niihara – vocals
• Akira Takasaki – guitars, keyboards
• Masayoshi Yamashita – bass
• Masayuki Suzuki – drums

Production

• Masatoshi Sakimoto – engineer, mixing
• Haruka Shinohara, Yuko Tanabe – assistant engineers
• Manfred Melchior – mastering at MM Sound, Steinhagen, Germany
• Hirose Shiraishi – supervisor
• Masahiro Shinoki, Keiichi Horiuchi – executive producers